higienizar
Spanish, verb/ixjeniˈθaɾ/
higienizar is spelled H-I-G-I-E-N-I-Z-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 37 million words in written Spanish, the 217,717th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Higienizar is a Spanish verb meaning “to sanitize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Disponer o preparar algo conforme a las prescripciones de la higiene”.
What does higienizar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to sanitize
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Disponer o preparar algo conforme a las prescripciones de la higiene.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of higienizar
- higienizo first-person present singular
- higienicé first-person preterite singular
- higienizado participle past
- c-z alternation
- higienizando gerund
- higienizada feminine participle past
- higienizados masculine participle past
- higienizadas feminine participle past
- higienizas indicative informal present
- higienizás indicative informal present
- higieniza indicative present singular
- higienizamos first-person indicative plural
- higienizáis indicative plural present
- higienizan indicative plural present
- higienizaba first-person imperfect indicative
- higienizabas imperfect indicative second-person
- higienizábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- higienizabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce higienizar?
- /ixjeniˈθaɾ/
- [i.xje.niˈθaɾ]
- /ixjeniˈsaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to higienizar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is higienizar in Spanish?
higienizar appears about once in every 37 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).